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and losses during the year, and a list of standing committees, 

 and one showing the membership. 



The report shows that a total of 97,352 acres were burned over 

 during the year, 13,930 M feet of timber being killed and 4620 

 M feet of timber being destroyed. The losses from fires during 

 1915 were less than for any year, except 1913, since the Asso- 

 ciation was organized. 



Proceedings of Forest Industry Conference of the Forest Pro- 

 tective Organisations of tlie Pacific Coast, Composing the Wes- 

 tern Forestry and Conservation Association. Reprint from the 

 Timberman. Portland, Ore. 1915. Pp. 30. 



A Mill Scale Study of Western Yellow Pine. By H. E. Mc- 

 Kenzie. Bulletin 6, California State Board of Forestry. Sacra- 

 mento. 1915. Pp. 171. 



The Manufacture of Ethyl Alcohol from Wood Waste: Pre- 

 liminary Experiments on the Hydrolysis of White Spruce. By 

 T. W. Kressman. Reprint from Journal of Industrial and 

 Engineering Chemistry. August, 1914. Pp. 625, ff. 



The Possibilities of Hardwood Distillation on the Pacific 

 Coast. By R. C. Palmer. Reprint from Metallurgical and 

 Chemical Engineering, October, 1914. Pp. 623, ff. 



Forest Protection in Canada, igi^-14. Compiled under the 

 direction of Clyde Leavitt, associated with C. D. Howe and J. H. 

 White. Commission of Conservation of Canada. Ottawa. 1915. 

 Pp. 317. 



Game Preservation in the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. 

 By W. N. Millar. Bulletin 51, Dominion Forestry Branch. Ot- 

 tawa, Canada. 1915. Pp. 69. 



Timber Conditions in the Smoky River Valley and Grande- 

 Prairie Country. (Being a continuation of "Timber Conditions 

 in the Little Smoky River Volley.") By J. A. Doucet. Bulletin 

 53, Dominion Forestry Branch. Ottawa, Canada. 1915. Pp. 55. 



